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Dare I say it?

Posted on 06. Jan, 2010 by Deb Plunkett in Grins, The balancing act

So, we’re now two full work days into the new year and, at the risk of completely jinxing the remaining 360 days of 2010, I dare say that maybe, just maybe, I have found one little scrap of my superwoman cape!

Yesterday, I simultaneously played mommy, housewife, career woman and level-headed, happy woman with all the style and flair of a modern day June Cleaver.  I somehow managed to keep my curious and newly-willful toddler smiling, cheery and clean, do the laundry, unload the dishwasher, land a couple of solid pitches for my clients, prepare dinner and get to bed by midnight (hey, that IS very good)!

And then – now here’s where I’m really going to ruin it, I’m so sure – today I actually got a shower, complete with a visit from the illusive razor, hair dryer and makeup bag, before my child woke up. In fact, I got to send out a few emails, make the bed and put all the dishes from the night before away, too.  I even got to get ready for a meeting with a few minutes to spare and didn’t have to rush out the door the second the nanny (whom I am only graced with two days per week, for the curious) reported for duty. Oh. My. God.

Could it be true? Is 2010 going to be the year I finally get a solid handle on this work-at-home-mommy thing?  Truth be told, everything gets easier with practice. And the beauty of parenting is that, at least in my experience so far (I’m only 15 months in, for what that’s worth), it really does get easier all the time. My daughter is finally at a point where she’s content to play on her own for little spurts of time. She’s getting the hang of feeding herself a good assortment of foods so I don’t have to hover over her every second or physically put each little morsel in her mouth for her. She enjoys coloring and “reading” books to herself on occasion. It’s just enough so I can actually get a little bit of work done even when it is just me and her. And that just feels amazing.

Hey, it may not sound like much of a milestone, but when you’re performing a constant juggling act, any amount of relief is incredibly sweet.  Sure, I still had to stay up well past midnight tonight (clock reads 1:04 a.m. and everyone else in the house is down for the count) but for some reason it feels less harsh when things are actually getting crossed off my to-do list throughout the day… and when I feel confident that more things will be conquered tomorrow.

We shall see anyway…